If you need to speak to a police officer, call 9-1-1. That’s the message from Chief Brian Daily in Sedgwick and Chief Stephen Schaffer of Haven. Daily said the people call the police department’s landline when they should be calling 9-1-1. Most small towns only have one officer on duty at a time and some don’t have twenty-four-hour coverage, so leaving a message at the police department could mean a delay of hours before that message reaches a law enforcement official. When Sedgwick renovated their police department last year, Daily had them install a call box in the lobby. At the push of a button, a person can reach dispatch, which will notify the officer. The lobby is open whenever an officer is on duty in Sedgwick.
Source: Harvey County Now
